Hello everyone, we've just published our first tripod reviews, which include a vibration damping test I hope you'll find interesting. As explained in the reviews, it's not scientifically perfect by any means, but the results are certainly revealing.

As explained in each review, the main text and guides are duplicated across all five articles, but each is written from the viewpoint of a particular model.

So if you're interested in a quality tripod, check out the reviews!

If you already own one of these models, we'd also love to hear what you think of them in this thread - and don't forget to also add which tripod you own - and why - to the Recommended tripods thread in this section.

Thanks Gordon for this particularly helpful review. For those of us who don't have the opportunity try out all the variations of a tripod this is great. Now I know you're busy but in due course what about continuing on and reviewing ballheads at different price points etc to put the kit together. Thanks again.